G/SPS/N/HND/64  
13 January  2023 
(23-0344) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : HONDURAS  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria , 
SENASA (National Agriculture and Food Health and Safety Service)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Pesticides and other plant protection products (ICS code(s) : 65.100)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Reglamento sobre el Registro, Uso y Control de 
Productos Fitosanitarios  (Regulations on the Registration, Use and Control of Plant 
Protection Products) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 91 
https://sde.gob.hn/wp -content/uploads/2023/01/Reglamento -Registro -Uso-y-Control -
de-Productos -Fitosanitarios.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified regulations establish the technical, administrative 
and legal provisions under the Law on Plant and Animal Health concerning the 
registration, importation, manufacture, formulation, re -packaging, re -packing, 
transportation, storage, distribution, sale, use, management, testing (research) and 
exportation of plant protection products . Plant protection products for domestic and 
commercial use are not covered by these regulations  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/HND/64  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 March 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA  
Boulevard Miraflores, Ave . La FAO . Loma Linda Sur, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.  
Tel.: (+504) 2232 6213  
Fax: (+504) 2223 0786  
Email:  aencina@senasa.gob.hn  
 amontiel@senasa.gob.hn  
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico  (Secretariat for Economic Development)  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial  (Directorate -General of 
Economic Integration and Trade Policy)  
Centro Cívico Gubernamental "José Cecilio del Valle"  
Torre I, piso 9  
Tel.: (+504) 2242 8365  
Email:  gabriela.salinas@sde.gob .hn 
 gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria, SENASA  
Boulevard Miraflores, Ave . La FAO . Loma Linda Sur, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.  
Tel.: (+504) 2232 6213  
Fax: (+504) 2223 0786  
Email:  aencina@senasa.gob.hn  
 amontiel@senasa.gob.hn  
Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico  
Dirección General de Integración Económica y Política Comercial  
Centro Cívico Gubernamental "José Cecilio del Valle"  
Torre I, piso 9  
Tel.: (+504) 2242 8365  
Email:  gabriela.salinas@sde.gob.hn  
 gsalinas_sic@yahoo.com  
Website:  
https://sde.gob.hn/wp -content/uploads/2023/01/Reglamento -Registro -Uso-y-Control -
de-Productos -Fitosanitarios.pdf